A. The restructuring of county jails;

B. The establishment of a decision-making process to approve the construction and financing of new correctional facilities;

C. The establishment of criteria for the use of an incentive fund established to further the recommendations of the study;

D. The level of state funding of county jails to include the existing funding through the community corrections laws and the County Jail Prisoner Support and Community Corrections Fund; and

E. Increased funding of cost-effective correctional service delivery through the directing of other state revenues to fund the incentive program.

The cost of the study may not exceed $300,000.

4. Report. The advisory committee shall submit interim reports and proposed recommendations to the Intergovernmental Advisory Group, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 2181, for its review. The Intergovernmental Advisory Group shall coordinate the solicitation of public comment. The Department of Corrections shall deliver its final report with recommendations and proposed implementing legislation to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government no later than January 1, 2006.

5. Corrections Incentive Fund recommendation. The Commissioner of Corrections shall submit proposed legislation establishing a Corrections Incentive Fund to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government no later than February 1, 2006. The purpose of the proposed Corrections Incentive Fund is to achieve significant and sustainable savings in the cost of delivering correctional services by funding proposals that are consistent with the final study recommendations. The proposed legislation must also include a provision for evaluating the effectiveness of the incentive fund and a requirement to sunset the fund unless there is sufficient evidence presented by the Department of Corrections to continue the fund.